Lazarus (name)#Fictional characters

{{Short description|Male given name and surname}}

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| name = Lazarus

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| gender = Male

| meaning = God has helped

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| origin = Hebrew

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| related names = Lazar

| name day = 29 July

| derived = Eleazar

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Lazarus is a given name and surname. The English form is from Late Latin Lazarus, which is from the Koine Greek name Lā́zāros (Λᾱ́ζᾱρος), derived from the Hebrew name Eleazar (אלעזר, Elʿāzār) meaning "God has helped".{{cite book|author=Barclay, William | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-vdxaBmtTsC&pg=PA92 |title=The Parables of Jesus|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|date= 1999|isbn=0-664-25828-X|pages= 92-98}}

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People named Lazarus

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Dogs named Lazarus

  • Lazarus (died 1863), famous dog from San Francisco, along with companion Bummer

Fictional characters

  • The Lazarus demon, a character in Charmed
  • Lazarus, a character in Jesus' parable of the Rich man and Lazarus

See also

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